ALA releases list of Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books of the decade<https://bit.ly/36jflp1> The American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has released the Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books from the past decade. The list’s release launches Banned Books Week, Sept. 27 – Oct. 3, a vibrant week of programming to rally readers to the cause of First Amendment protections and remind them to remain vigilant about continual threats to our freedom to read. Read more<https://bit.ly/36jflp1> How Employers Can Support Library Workers Who Are Caregivers During COVID-19 webinar<https://bit.ly/3jsmNCl> ALA's Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL) will present the free webinar “How Employers Can Support Library Workers Who Are Caregivers During COVID-19” at 2:30 p.m. Central on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Read more<https://bit.ly/3jsmNCl> Celebrate YALSA’s TeenTober initiative with new resources<https://bit.ly/2Scm5wY> The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) invites libraries and teens to celebrate its new teen initiative, TeenTober<http://www.ala.org/yalsa/teentober> this October with the release of a digital poster<https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/teentober%E2%84%A2-poster-file>, bookmark<https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/teentober%E2%84%A2-bookmark-file>, and toolkit<http://www.ala.org/yalsa/teentober-toolkit>. Read more<https://bit.ly/2Scm5wY> Nominees sought for 2021 Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement (Practitioner)<https://bit.ly/2GhEF47> The American Library Association (ALA) is accepting nominations for the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Practitioner Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is named for award-winning children’s author Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002), recipient of the 1983, 1986 and 1996 Coretta Scott King Book Award, 1974 National Book Award and the 1975 John Newbery Medal. In 1994, she was awarded the prestigious Hans Christian Anderson Author Award for the body of her work and was named a fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in 1995. Read more<https://bit.ly/2GhEF47> United for Libraries to coordinate 15th annual National Friends of Libraries Week<https://bit.ly/3mYNErP> Friends of the Library groups and libraries across the country will be celebrating the 15th annual National Friends of Libraries Week Oct. 18-24, 2020. National Friends of Libraries Week offers a two-fold opportunity to celebrate Friends – promoting the group in the community, raising awareness and increasing membership, and giving libraries and boards of trustees the opportunity to recognize the Friends for their help and support of the library. Read more<https://bit.ly/3mYNErP> United for Libraries to designate Lloyd Manor a Literary Landmark™ in honor of Jupiter Hammon, first published Black poet<https://bit.ly/36hi7v3> United for Libraries will designate Joseph Lloyd Manor in Lloyd Harbor, New York, as a Literary Landmark™ in honor of Jupiter Hammon, the first published African-American poet. The designation will take place at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday, Oct. 17, which recognizes Hammon's 309th birthday as well as Black Poetry Day. This will mark the first Literary Landmark dedication to be livestreamed. Read more<https://bit.ly/36hi7v3> Jennifer L. Dean - PhD, MLIS - she, her, hers MLA President & ALA Councilor Dean of Libraries and Instructional Technology University of Detroit Mercy deanjl@udmercy.edu Sent using Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36>